The European observer, Alexis de Tocqueville, believed the most evident feature of democracy in America was the __________. a. American contribution b. decline in the spirit of deference c. participation of women in government d. American election process e. equality of former slaves ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Samuel Tilden won the popular vote in the election of 1876. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were two of the most important developments of the late nineteenth century? a. typewriter and calculating machine b. telephone and electricity c. factories and sewing machines d. telegraph and processed meat e. automobiles and the assembly line ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were elements of President Grant’s Peace Policy EXCEPT A) The first Native American Commissioner of Indian Affairs was appointed. B) Christian missionaries were selected to manage reservation affairs. C) Reservations were declared off limits to army troops. D) Army officers were in charge of implementing reservation policy. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
__________ proved that a link existed between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. A) Dias B) Balboa C) Columbus D) Pizarro ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Buffalo Bill Cody’s “Wild West, Rocky Mountain, and Prairie Exhibition” was very successful. It gave citizens living in the eastern part of the country and in Europe the unrealistic, untrue, romanticized, spectacle of the West they wanted to see. All of the following statements provide reasons why any other type of show would NOT have […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The mountain state of Franklin was __________. A) founded by some of North Carolina’s western landholders B) intended as a refuge for runaway slaves C) populated by discontented farmers D) formed by Spanish and French adventurers ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
How does the Gilded Age reflect both the positive and negative aspects of the economic changes in the late nineteenth century? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will include: 1. A discussion of the job and social opportunities that were a direct result of inventions and new corporations. 2. A discussion of the resulting depression/Black […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Battle of Bunker Hill is misnamed because it was actually fought on A) Dorchester Heights. B) Charleston peninsula. C) Breed’s Hill. D) King’s Mountain. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
A “paper son” was A) an adopted child. B) a nephew. C) an immigrant claimed as a descendent to a “citizen”—citizenship could not be proven due to records being destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire. D) a son that lived in the native country; the parent only had pictures of the child, but […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
